Shade-fixture.



C. E.'SGHAUMLOEFPEL. SH ADE FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 15, 1913.

1,095,035. Patented Apru28,1914.

MWL M CHARLES EDWARD SOHAUMLOEFFEL, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

SHADE-FIXTURE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 28, 1914.

Application filed July 15, 1913. Serial No. 779,173.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES EDWARD SCHAUMLOEFFEL, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shade-Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shade brackets and particularly to metallic brackets for window shade rollers.

An object of this invention is to produce novel means for effecting the adjustment of brackets, one with relation to the other to increase or diminish the distance between the said brackets for the purpose of enabling their use with rollers different in length, one of the primary objects of the invention being to produce roller brackets which may be used without marring the woodwork of a building, as so often results when the locations of brackets have to be changed.

A still further object of this invention is to provide brackets having novel means for effecting their anchoring at difierent positions of adjustment in a manner to prevent accidental movement or displacement of the said brackets.

A still further object of this invention is to provide brackets having means for securing them in different positions of adjust ment, said means being readily manipulated for releasing the securing device and for permitting movement thereof to effect proper adjustment of the brackets as stated, the said brackets and their securing means comprising comparatively few parts which will prove inexpensive to manufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 illustrates a view in perspective of a fragment of the window frame with the invention applied thereto and wherein the brackets are shown as hanging; Fig. 2 illustrates a perspective view of a fragment of a window casing illustrating one of the brackets in position on the face of the frame; Fig. 3 illustrates an enlarged detail view of one of the brackets and the means for securing it in place; Fig. 4 illustrates an end View thereof; Fig. 5 illustrates a sectional view on the line 55 of Fig. 3; Fig. 6 illustrates a perspective view of the bracket retaining device.

As the means for securing the two brackets are identical in structure and as the brackets differ one from the other only in the formation of the socket for the reception of the end of the shade roller or the fixture associated therewith, it will be understood that the description of one of the brackets and the means for retaining it in place shall be applicable to both of the forms illustrated in Fig. 1.

The base plate 8 has securing devices 9 by which it is anchored in place, the said base plate having side flanges 10 standing at angles to the base plate proper and provided with teeth 11, the spaces between the teeth forming seats for the anchorage of the bracket in a manner to be presently eX- plained.

Owing tothe fact that the flanges extend outwardly from the surface to which the base is applied, a clearance is formed between the said surface and the flanges 10 for the reception of the curved flanges 12, which embrace the edges of the flanges 10 and are slidable thereon, the said flanges 12 being a part of the sliding plate 13 which is formed integral with the bracket 14:, it being ob served that the bracket 14 stands at an angle with respect to the plate 13 so that when the bracketand its supporting members are assembled, clearance is formed between the end of the bracket and the plate to permit the rotation of a shade roller as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1. The particular configuration of the socket 15 in the bracket for the reception of the end of the shade roller is immaterial and may be varied to suit particular requirements and hence it will not be described in detail.

As shown in the drawing, the plate 13 has a portion of its face removed to form the recess 16 through which a flange 20 at the end of a tongue 17 projects, the said tongue also having a flange 18 standing at an angle to its surface and the said flange 18 projects beyond the sides of the tongue to form dogs 19 which ride over the teeth 11 of the base plate and are adapted to be held in the spaces between the teeth at different positions of adjustment for retaining the bracket against movement. The tongue 17 is of less width than the space between the flanges 10 and is intended to slide over the outer surface of the base plate while the dogs of the flange 18 thereof ride over the teeth, whereas when the brackets are to be held in any position of adjustment, the dogs are pressed into the spaces between the teeth to insure proper anchorage thereof.

One important feature of this invention which constitutes the means by which the plate 13 forces the dogs into the spaces between the teeth is found in the relation of the dogs and tongue to the teeth of the base plate, it being preferable that the said dogs support. the tongue at a greater distance from the base plate at the junction of the tongue and flange 18 than at the free end of the tongue, so that when the plate 13 slides over the tongue in the direction of the flange 18, a slight camming action results which tends to force the dogs 19 into engagement with the teeth 11, whereas when the plate 13 is moved away from the flange 18, the free end of the tongue may be depressed, and

afford sufficient clearance for the disengage-- ment of the dogs from the teeth of the base plate. As shown in the drawings, the end of the tongue 17 remote from the flange 18 has a flange 20 which is in the path of travel ofthe plate 13 so that if the plate 13 is manipulated 0n the base plate in the direction of the flange 20, the tongue 17 will be carried with it until a proper adjustment of the parts is effected, after which the dogs 19 may be held in engagement with the teeth 11 while the plate is being moved toward the flange 18 to cause a pressure on the plate 13 which will retain and bind the parts in assembled relation.

I claim 1. In a shade bracket, a base having side flanges provided with teeth, a plate having flanges embracingthe first mentioned flanges and slidable thereon, said plate having an aperture therein, a bracket formed integral with the plate, a tongue interposed between the plate and the base plate and having a portion projecting through the aperture of the plate, and dogs carried by the tongue for engaging the teeth of the base plate.

2. In a shade bracket, a base plate having side flanges provided with teeth, a plate having a portion thereof removed to form an opening, flanges on said plate partially embracing the flanges of the base plate, a tongue interposed between the plate and the base plate, a flange formed on the tongue, said flange projecting beyond the side edges of the tongue and constituting dogs for engaging the teeth of the base plate, the said dogs holding the tongue in. position to be frictionally engaged by the plate, when said plate is moved toward the flange of the tongue.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES EDWARD SCHAUMLOEFFEL. lVitnesses:

JOHN A. HEN-nus, WM. B. SMITH.

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Washington, D. 0. 

